A Huntley\u2019s Point grandmother has been awarded an Australia Day OAM for a life of devotion to women and families \u201d\u201c at home and abroad \u201d\u201c through one of the Anglican Church\u2019s oldest surviving charities.<\/p>\n
Huntley\u2019s Point\u2019s Christine Jensen was the President of the Mothers\u2019 Union of Australia (Anglican Diocese of Sydney) from 2008 until 2013 and Patron from 2001 until 2013.<\/p>\n
The Mothers Union was founded in by Mary Sumner in 1876 in the Anglican parish of Old Alresford , near Winchester in England to bring mothers of all social classes together, to provide support for them and to train them in motherhood<\/p>\n
Mrs Jensen\u2019s Australia Day Award citation further notes she has served as a Council Member of Mothers\u2019 Union Australia as well as a Lay Member, Women\u2019s Ministry Team, Anglican Diocese of Sydney from 2002 until 2007.<\/p>\n
She has worked to support the wives of students attending Moore College, Moore Theological College from 1985 until 2001 and the Sydney Diocese Ministry Wives from 2001 until 2013.<\/p>\n
Some Anglicans may recognise her as the wife of Sydney Archbishop Peter Jensen (2001-2013) or know her as a powerful public speaker with a strong belief in strengthening families.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a> and there is a report from the diocese of Sydney here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Huntley\u2019s Point grandmother has been awarded an Australia Day OAM for a life of devotion to women and families \u201d\u201c at home and abroad \u201d\u201c through one of the Anglican Church\u2019s oldest surviving charities. Huntley\u2019s Point\u2019s Christine Jensen was…<\/span><\/p>\n